Um, not inherently, no. However - there are some things that are easier to configure in mail management on Unix than there are in Exchange, and there are some things that are a lot harder.
We use the heck out of both Unix and Exchange for our mail flow -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:23 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > That's what I thought. Unix and unix applications are more > secure, right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Roger > Seielstad > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:50 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > Actually, so will Sendmail in its more recent versions. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:06 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > > Exchange 2000 will refuse to relay mail to another domain, > > regardless of MX > > records. Unless you specifically instruct it to do so by > > defining an address > > space for that target domain and check the option "Allow > > relaying to this > > domain". To do all that, you need to start by creating an > > SMTP connector. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Dickenson, Steven > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:59 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > > > > Showing my ignorance of Exchange SMTP in large environments... > > > > Every unix MTA I've worked with has been intelligent enough > > to realize when > > there is a higher priority MX for the domain, and to > > automatically deliver > > mail to that machine. This, of course, assumes that the MTA is not > > configured as the final destination for that domain's mail, > > just as a relay. > > Does Exchange not work this way? > > > > Steven > > --- > > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Network Administrator > > The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:37 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > > > > Oh... > > > > Yeah, point the secondary MX at the abc.com's Exchange 2000 server. > > > > But you will have to do other tricks to make it work so > that abc.com's > > Exchange 2000 server would accept mail for fgh.com and > then actually > > reroute it to fgh.com's Exchange 2000 server. But since the > latter is > > down, then mail is going to sit in a retry queue... You want to > > make sure that it > > could hold it longer than 2-3 days, until fgh.com's Exchange > > 2000 server is > > up again and can accept mail. This is almost like ETRN. > Well, you can > > actually set things up to be ETRN. > > > > You will need to create an additional SMTP connector on > > abc.com with address > > space for fgh.com with cost = 1, and select the option that > > would allow to > > relay mail to fgh.com. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Phillip > > Stafford > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:15 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > > > > Two domains, meaning that the exchange server on one domain (such as > > abc.com) would also utilize their Exchange 2k server to > > provide backup mail > > service to domain fgh.com in the event that fgh.com's > > exchange server goes > > down. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Fyodorov, > > Andrey FTL > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:48 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Backup MX > > > > > > Why are there two domains? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Phillip > > Stafford > > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:37 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Backup MX > > > > > > Anyone know the proper way for setting up 1 Exchange server > > to be another > > one's backup server? I have been searching high and low and > > have come upon > > several different supposed methods. None seem to work fully. > > > > Right now, what I have done is configured external DNS for > > domain B to have > > MX 20 (primary is MX 10) point to domain a. > > > > On Exchange server B, I have setup an SMTP connector with the > > domain name, > > the IP address for that exchange server listed in the smart > > host field, have > > configured within their to allow relaying through my server, etc. > > > > However, when we tried a test of this backup MX, I could not > > visibly tell > > whether my server was acting as a backup. I was looking at > > the SMTP queues > > and I couldn't find any messages listed for that connector > > even though I had > > been sending email to domain B and had not received any NDRs. > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=& > > lang > > =english > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > Jupitermedia Corp. > > Attn: Discussion List Management > > 475 Park Avenue South > > New York, NY 10016 > > > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > 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